Definition of Cubbish

1. Adjective. Reminiscent of a cub, i.e. shy and naive. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cubbish

1. resembling a cub [adj] - See also: cub

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cubbish

cubage unit
cubages
cubane
cubanelle
cubanelles
cubanite
cubatic
cubation
cubature
cubature unit
cubatures
cubbed
cubbies
cubbing
cubbings
cubbish (current term)
cubbridge-head
cubbridge-heads
cubby
cubby hole
cubby holes
cubby house
cubby houses
cubbyhole
cubbyholes
cube
cube-shaped
cube out
cube pessary
cube root

Literary usage of Cubbish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"... where it frequents, was formerly an object of superstitious fear. Caaw, B. to walk with the toes turned inward. cubbish, o. to purloin. ..."

2. The Shadow Line: A Confession by Joseph Conrad (1917)
"He remained cubbish in his sufferings. He seemed to have become completely imbecile; and when the return of fever drove him to his cabin below, ..."

3. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"2. rude, ill-bred, crude; spec, cubbish; see COARSE. Antonyms: see REFINED. unprecedented, a. unexampled. unpretentious, a. modest, simple, unassuming; ..."

4. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. by John Gibson Lockhart (1837)
"There was only young Clifton who could have come, and he was shy and cubbish, and would not, though requested by the Selkirk people. ..."

5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1826)
"... from a cubbish lout of a raw Scotsman, seemed to have acquired at once all the grace and ease of motion and manner, which could be .given by an ..."

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